Smooth or lumpy
Thick or skinny
Some were frumpy
Some wore tails.
Vast varieties of shape they were.
One could roar
Another whinny.
Coats they wore
Of spines or scales
Or leather lined with unfake fur.
But for all their unrelated ways
And looks and language
Animals
For no apparent reason
Lived side by side
And separately
Season after season
After season.